Shloka 91

Adhyaya 8: Yogasthanas, Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama-Siddhi, and Shiva-Dhyana leading to Samadhi

Devanagari script

ओंकारवाच्यं परमं शुद्धं दीपशिखाकृतिम् ध्यायेद्वै पुण्डरीकस्य कर्णिकायां समाहितः

Transliteration

oṃkāravācyaṃ paramaṃ śuddhaṃ dīpaśikhākṛtim dhyāyedvai puṇḍarīkasya karṇikāyāṃ samāhitaḥ

Translation

ਸਮਾਹਿਤ ਹੋ ਕੇ, ਓੰਕਾਰ-ਵਾਚ੍ਯ ਪਰਮ ਸ਼ੁੱਧ ਤੱਤ ਦਾ ਧਿਆਨ ਕਰੇ—ਦੀਵੇ ਦੀ ਲੌ ਵਰਗੇ ਰੂਪ ਵਿੱਚ—ਅਤੇ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਕਮਲ ਦੀ ਕਰ੍ਣਿਕਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਥਿਤ ਮੰਨੇ।

Word by Word

• oṃkāra-vācyam: that which is expressed/indicated by Oṃ

• paramam: supreme

• śuddham: perfectly pure

• dīpa-śikhā-ākṛtim: having the form of a lamp-flame

• dhyāyet: should meditate

• vai: indeed

• puṇḍarīkasya: of the lotus

• karṇikāyām: in the pericarp/central core

• samāhitaḥ: composed, one-pointed, collected

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the meditation instruction within the Purva-Bhaga context)